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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-02-28 - AGENDA REPORTS - MIN (2)Agenda Item: 1 CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AGENDA REPORT CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval: Item to be presented by: Sarah P. Gorman DATE: February 28, 2012 SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office RECOMMENDED ACTION City Council and Board of Library Trustees: Approve the minutes of the February 14, 2012, special and regular meetings. BACKGROUND The minutes from the previous City Council special meeting and the Joint City Council/Board of Library Trustees meeting are submitted for approval. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS Amendments to the minutes may be approved as necessary FISCAL IMPACT None by this action. ATTACHMENTS Minutes CITY OF SANTA CLARITA MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING 5:15 P.M. MINUTES OFJOINT CITY COUNCIL/ BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING 6:00 P.M. FEBRUARY 14, 2012 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Ender called the special meeting to order at 5:16 p.m. ROLL CALL All Councilmembers were present. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION No requests to speak were received. CLOSED SESSION Joseph Montes, City Attorney, advised of the need to conduct a Closed Session for the purpose of holding a: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- EXISTING LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9(a) City of Alhambra et al. v. Board of Equalization, et al. LASC Case No. BS 124919 Denise Swain -Smith v. City of Santa Clarita LASC Case No. PC049939 Nicole Campbell; N. C. Mannie a Minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Nicole Campbell v. City of Santa Clarita; Robert Greigo Jr., an Individual LASC Case No. PC052152 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- INITIATION OF LITIGATION 54956.9(c) — one matter RECESS AND RECONVENE Mayor Ender recessed the meeting to Closed Session at 5:16 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 6:07 p.m. CITY ATTORNEY ANNOUNCEMENT Joseph Montes, City Attorney, stated that the City Council voted unanimously to authorize the City Attorney and Burke, Williams & Sorensen to defend the City in the Nicole Campbell v. City of Santa Clarita matter, LASC Case No. PC049939. Meeting Minutes February 14, 2012 ADJOURN Mayor Ender adjourned the meeting at 6:08 p.m. INVOCATION Councilmember Ferry gave the invocation. CALL TO ORDER Mayor/President Ender called to order the regular joint meeting of the City Council/Board of Library Trustees at 6:12 p.m. ROLL CALL All Councilmembers were present. FLAG SALUTE Boy Scout Troop 316 led the flag salute. EXECUTIVE MEETING This time has been set aside for Councilmembers to review the agenda and obtain any further information that may be needed. Council will also discuss each individual item during the course of the meeting with the exception of the Consent Calendar, which may be approved in its entirety by one motion, unless there is a request to pull an item for discussion. No action will be taken on public agenda items during the Executive Meeting. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion by Weste, second by Kellar, to approve the agenda. Hearing no objections, it was so ordered. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS None scheduled. PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY Kathi Lynd and Santa Clarita Elementary School students presented Councilmember McLean with an award for educating Santa Clarita students on making a difference in the environment, and presented an award to Acquisition Specialist Barbara Blankenship for educating Santa Clarita students on the importance of preserving open space, and Sustainability Planner Heather Merenda, for educating students on urban runoff and watershed issues. COMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS Councilmember Kellar extended his appreciation to the SCV Education Foundation for holding another successful Principal for a Day Program and expressed the importance of this program which allows for communication amongst several principles throughout the schools in the community. Meeting Minutes 2 February 14, 2012 RA Mayor Pro Tem Ferry commented on the public outreach and outcry by the Simi Valley community regarding heroin use in that community and stated that he had spoken with a Simi Valley Council subcommittee on the topic, and thanked Captain Paul Becker, the Hart District, and City staff for recognizing the drug problem, and for continually s looking for new solutions; and commented regarding the work of the City's Sheriff's department and the County Supervisors' plan to build a Sheriff's station outside of City limits and the County's lack of contact with the City regarding that decision and requested the City Manager immediately work with Supervisor Antonovich's office and Sheriff Lee Baca regarding the decision. Mayor Ender asked City Manager Pulskamp to comment regarding the location of a new Sheriff's station. Mr. Pulskamp stated that he had concerns with the possible location; and requested adding this to a subsequent agenda to receive direction from Council. Council concurred. Councilmember Weste commented regarding the high number of solar permits being obtained and congratulated all those going green; commented regarding the goals of redevelopment and the need for a method to address blight and to communicate to the need to state Legislature; and asked for an adjournment in the memory of Shelly Gitelman. Councilmember McLean commented on the LRTP and SCAG, discussing the plan for which the Southern California Association of Governments must develop a regional transportaion plan every four years in order to receive federal and state funding; discussed the February 25 Celebrity Waiter fundraiser for the Senior Center; discussed participating in the Santa Clarita Library's Love You Readathon; commented on the City's Inclusion Program, which received a $9,500 grant and was selected to partner with the National Inclusion Program to implement Lets All Play Program; and wished everyone a Happy Valentine's Day. Mayor Ender discussed a message going out to the community regarding deaths due to driving recklessly and City outreach and increased Sheriff enforcement. ITEM 1 CONSENT CALENDAR READING OF ORDINANCE TITLES Government Code Section 36934 requires that all ordinances be read in full prior to Council taking action on the ordinance. By listing the ordinance title on the Council agenda, Council may determine that the title has been read. City Council determines that the titles to all ordinances which appear on this public agenda have been read and waive further reading. ITEM 2 CONSENT CALENDAR APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES The minutes of the previous City Council, Redevelopment Agency, and Board of Library Trustees meetings are submitted for approval. City Council and Board of Library Trustees: Approve the minutes of the January 24, 2012, regular meeting. Meeting Minutes 3 February 14, 2012 ITEM 3 CONSENT CALENDAR CITIZENS' OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT - FISCAL YEAR 2011-12 Assembly Bill 1913 (Schiff -Cardenas Crime Prevention Act), signed into law in 2000, provides funding to cities and counties for frontline law enforcement officers and juvenile justice initiatives. With the passage of AB 118, the State of California amended Government Code 30061 as part of the recent criminal justice realignment. plan, which provided financing for the Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) program. Fiscal Year 2011-12 marks the 16th year the City of Santa Clarita has been eligible to receive grant funding from this program. City Council accepts the Fiscal Year 2011-12 Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) Grant from the County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office (CEO); approve the request from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Santa Clarita Valley Station to use the Fiscal Year 2011- 12 COPS funds to continue funding the COBRA Team; establish estimated revenues in account 234-4461.003, Supplemental Law Enforcement Grant, by $335,833; appropriate $335,833 to account 16100-5161.001 (Contractual Services); and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any contracts, agreements, or change orders arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval. ITEM 4 CONSENT CALENDAR AWARD CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE This project will update the long—range transit needs study, completed November 2006, that will project future service requirements. The Transportation Development Plan (TDP) Update is intended to present the service needs and corresponding financial plan necessary to meet projected needs. The TDP will encompass a ten year period, covering Santa Clarita Transit's fiscal years 2013 to 2023. City Council appropriate funds in the amount of $148,571 from Transit Fund 700 to Account 12400.5161.002; award a contract to Moore & Associates for a Transportation Development Plan Update, Bid No. TR -11-12-08, in the amount of $135,015, and authorize a contingency of 10% of the award, or $13,502, for a total of $148,517; and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contract documents, or modify the award in the event issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject to City Attorney approval. ITEM 5 CONSENT CALENDAR CHECK REGISTER NO. 2 Approval of the Check Register. City Council Approves and ratifies for payment the demands presented in Check Register No. 2. Motion by Kellar, second by Weste, to approve the Consent Calendar. On roll call vote: Ayes: McLean, Weste, Ferry, Kellar, Ender Noes: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Meeting Minutes 4 February 14, 2012 S PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Addressing the Council was Alan Ferdman of the Canyon Country Advisory Committee regarding a council candidate forum; RJ Kelly regarding a Veterans Day Parade; and Cam Noltemeyer, representing SCOPE and Joseph Jasik, regarding Sanitation District issues. STAFF COMMENTS (Matters of Public Participation) City Manager Ken Pulskamp responded to comments regarding the Sanitation District issues. Council commented on the Veteran's Day Parade and Sanitation District issues. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Ender adjourned the meeting in the name of Sheldon E. Gitelman. FUTURE MEETINGS The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at 7:10 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 1 st floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA. MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK Meeting Minutes 5 February 14, 2012